by Billy Burns | Dec 10, 2012 | Children's Ministry
William Booth, the founder and general of the Salvation Army, is quoted as saying: “In answer to your inquiry, I consider the chief dangers which confront the coming century will be religion without the Holy Ghost, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness...
by Billy Burns | Dec 3, 2012 | Children's Ministry, God's Promises, The Baptism in the Holy Spirit
I love reading the nineteenth chapter of Acts. Each time that I read it, I see things that somehow or another suddenly appear in this chapter that I’ve never noticed before. I know what is happening. As I read it over and over again, the Holy Spirit turns the...
by Billy Burns | Nov 26, 2012 | Children's Ministry
Long before I was born, a world record was broken in 1954 that forever altered history. While many records may come to mind, the one that I am referring to involves Roger Bannister who dared to push beyond the barriers of impossibilities to become the very first...
by Billy Burns | Nov 19, 2012 | Children's Ministry, Walk of the Spirit
Once a year, most adults go to a physician for a physical check-up. Whether we like it or not, the check-up generally affirms what we already know to be true. The annual report tells us that aren’t exercising enough, we need to lay off of the sweets, and that “diet”...
by Billy Burns | Nov 5, 2012 | Children's Ministry
This past week, a historical event of mammoth proportion went largely unnoticed by the American church. Overshadowed by the other festivities on October 31st was the remembrance and honoring of an event that forever changed the church. It was on the Wednesday of...
by Billy Burns | Oct 29, 2012 | Children's Ministry, Walk of the Spirit
Here is one final idea for making the teaching about the Holy Spirit come alive. Object Lesson: Praying in Other Tongues, The Key to Unlocking the Benefits of Heaven Props: Key, Plastic Hotel Room Key Card Slide: 1 Corinthians 14:2 If you have stayed in a hotel...
